Kimora Lee Simmons Launches Self-Help Fabulosity Guide

Simmons—glam model, owner of the Baby Phat clothing label, wife of hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons—offers advice for achieving the bling lifestyle.

As Simmons reminds us in this self-help manual for the 21st-century gal, she had it rough growing up and had to work for her success. She came of age in St. Louis, not the friendliest of towns for a girl of Japanese, Korean and African-American descent. (As a gawky teen, her hybrid looks earned her the school nickname “Chinky Giraffe.") A fast ascension into the modeling world at 13 got her away from all that, and now she’s not just married to a multimillionaire but also the head of her own affordable glam fashion line. Here, Simmons lays down the laws of fabulosity, some 15 in all. (Kirkus Reviews)